Knowing What to Do!

Our Proverb today is Proverbs 11:3.

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.“

To better understand this proverb, let me give you an example from history.

In 1939, the Nazis were invading the Netherlands. The first people to be affected were the Jews who lived in the Netherlands. A group of Christians came to the Dutch theologian Henry Cramer and told him, “Our Jewish neighbors are missing from their homes.” They then asked, “What must we do?”

 Cramer answered, “I cannot tell you what to do. I can tell you who you are. If you know who you are, then you will know what to do.”

 Read those last words again, “If you know who you are, then you will know what to do.” The Nazis are not marching in our streets, but those words should still convict us. When Satan sends temptations, you do not need to ask what to do. You only need to remember who you are.

 Sometimes, you are confronted with a temptation. It sounds holy and righteous to say, “I will pray to God for an answer about what I should do.” It is not holy and righteous. God has already told us what to do with sin. We only need to remember who we are and what we are.

Remember, “The integrity of the upright guides” us.

I’m Lonnie Davis
And these are thoughts worth thinking.